23andMe Says Hackers Stole Ancestry Data of 6.9M Users
Credential-Stuffing Attack Led to Profile ScrapingGenetics testing firm 23andMe says hackers, in a credential-stuffing attack this fall, siphoned the ancestry data of 6.9 million individuals. 23andMe disclosed the attack on Oct. 1, stating the attackers had scraped the profiles of 23andMe users who opted in to the company's DNA Relatives feature.